Industry execs ‘vigorously’ deny wrongdoing as Campbell case reaches court
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Several accusations by Ella Campbell against her former employer, including an alleged sexual assault by former Born & Raised managing director Chris Laws has reached the Federal Court of Australia.
In court documents filed to the Fair Work Division of the Federal Court on 28 September, and seen by The Australian, Campbell alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Laws while working under him at the agency Born & Raised.
The documents state she also alleged former CEO of the agency, Chris Harris would “regularly invite her and other female colleagues to his office to consume large amounts of alcohol and cocaine, typically each Thursday or Friday, and then bullied her when she began to reject the invitations,” as well as alleging she was the subject of bullying from Harris throughout her time at the agency.
